A book, From Partition to Operation Bluestar: Tales of a Journalist, Bureaucrat, Spy, by Som Nath Dhar was released at SMU on Wednesday, followed by book readings and discussion. Introducing the book, Associate Professor of English Literature Kirpal Singh, Director of the Wee Kim Wee Centre at SMU, spoke of the importance of such books, written by those who have lived through history as it was being made.